1985:Music- We Are the World Who- USA for Africa Why- this song was made so awareness could be made about the spread of aids and other sexually transmitted diseases, a very big topic of African American culture at the time. Event- Jesse Jackson Summary- Jesse Jackson, 1984 became the first African American to run for Presidency, for the democratic party. Jesse's in the campaign focused on tending and caring for the people insted of the war and the military.
1975:Music- The Jam Who- Grand Central Station Why-This song stared in the parties back then and can still keep the people moving the group was also made up of all African American males. Event-"The Wiz"Summary- A Broadway production that was awarded 7 tony awards was the turning point to a colored, Afro-American, version of "The Wizard of Oz", and on January 5, 1975 "The Wiz" hit the bright lights of broadway. The production won many awards and was later turned into a movie in 19781965:Music- I Feel Good Artist- James Brown Album- I Got You (I Feel Good) Year-1965 Why- This song that James brown made got colored people away from their surrounding time of racial segregation when african americans wanted equal rights Event-The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU)Summary- Nationalist leaders such as Malcolm X and John Henrik Clarke on June 24, 1964 in Harlem, New York founded The Organization of Afro-American Unity. The group was formed to reconnect Africans Americans with their African heritage, establish economic independence, and promote African American self-determination. They would do this by "The Basic Unity Program." This needed Restoration, Reorientation, Education, Economic Security, and Self-Defense (as a means of promoting Pan-African unity and interests). A focus on education as the primary means of repairing the damages of slavery, economic discrimination, and physical violence directed towards African Americans.
1985:Music- We Are the World
Who- USA for Africa
Why- this song was made so awareness could be made about the spread of aids and other sexually transmitted diseases, a very big topic of African American culture at the time.
Summary- Jesse Jackson, 1984 became the first African American to run for Presidency, for the democratic party. Jesse's in the campaign focused on tending and caring for the people insted of the war and the military.
1975:Music- The Jam
Who- Grand Central Station
Why-This song stared in the parties back then and can still keep the people moving the group was also made up of all African American males.
Event- "The Wiz"
Artist- James Brown Album- I Got You (I Feel Good)
Year-1965
Why- This song that James brown made got colored people away from their surrounding time of racial segregation when african americans wanted equal rights